I normally use Win32::ODBC, not by choice, but it does the job. 
use strict;
use Win32::ODBC;

my ($db);
if (!ref($db = new Win32::ODBC("DSN=$dbname;UID=$username;PWD=$passwor
+d"))) {
   my ($ErrNum, $ErrText, $ErrConn) = Win32::ODBC::Error();
   #...IT FAILED - DO SOMETHING...
}

my $sql = "SELECT * FROM Table";

if($db->Sql($sql)){
  #...FAILED...
  my ($ErrNum, $ErrText, $ErrConn) = $db->Error();
}

while($db->FetchRow()){
  my %data = $db->DataHash();
  #...Processing Data...
}

$db->Close();

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You could(my preference) use DBI::ODBC

As for padding with 0s, you could use my $padded_var = sprintf('%.2d',$var); replacing 2 with the total length of the value.

In reply to Re: Accessing SQL Server 2000 by tcf22
in thread Accessing SQL Server 2000 by skyler

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